What is Churchill Downs Doing?

byanose13
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What is Churchill Downs Doing? May 22, 2017 15:40:12 GMT -5

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Post by byanose13 on May 22, 2017 15:40:12 GMT -5

www.wdrb.com/story/35488543/after-recent-land-grab-churchill-downs-may-build-something-special-near-track-ceo-says

I have heard through the grapevine that they have had blueprints for a hotel and casino for some time now and they might be thinking the time is right to push this agenda.
If they did do this then most of their parking goes poof and they would have to find some more land for parking.
The largest part in yellow is already a parking area but from my understanding it was privately owned and just recently purchased for way more than what it's tax value is.

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george
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What is Churchill Downs Doing? May 22, 2017 17:28:25 GMT -5

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Post by george on May 22, 2017 17:28:25 GMT -5

If they build a hotel and casino (has that been approved in Kentucky yet?) they'll probably include a multi-level parking garage. The times I've been to Churchill Downs I found street parking Burton Avenue right near the yellow rectangle, but that obviously wasn't on a big day. When I went to the Breeders' Cup around 1990 (the day Black Tie Affair won the Classic) I parked on some guy's lawn on Rodman Street.

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What is Churchill Downs Doing? May 22, 2017 17:43:34 GMT -5

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Post by byanose13 on May 22, 2017 17:43:34 GMT -5

George, I guess they could use it for taxis and uber seeing that the closest that Uber can get is Papa John's stadium and the taxis are on the backside by gate 3( a couple of blocks closer than Uber) so it would be a lot closer for those wanting to use those modes of transportation. It could be the the most obvious answer and that being more parking but the statements in the article tend to lean towards other possibilities.